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Offline purusrhce

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« on: September 11, 2006, 06:23:36 AM »
hi linux superiors,
                   
              i have a problem with creating a user account. when i tried to create a user it shows unable to lock passwd file.

            can  u pls tell me what can i do for this.

Thanks in Advance,

purushothaman.
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Offline Ricky

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« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2006, 07:18:00 PM »
There is one such discussion went earlier. you may want to see that..
unable to lock passwd file and let us know.
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Offline gauravbajaj

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« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2006, 09:52:26 AM »
Hi

Me and Ricky have earlier discussion on this topic also but i m not able to reacall that what we did to remove that error.........,, We will try and let u know..........

Gaurav
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Offline purusrhce

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« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2006, 04:31:39 AM »
hi

now the problem has cured. actually the problem with the permission for that passwd file. By mistaken i have applied 550 for that file. Now its working fine. Thankx ricky & gaurav.

Regards,
Purushothaman.
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